Presidential food moments

February 12, 2013 |By Edmund Tijerina

On this Presidents Day, we celebrate our chief executives through their favorite foods or great food moments.

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Abraham Lincoln — Honest Abe proclaimed the first Thanksgiving Day in 1863. The First Family received a live turkey for the occasion, but young Tad Lincoln grew fond of him, calling him Jack and making him a pet. So the president issued a written reprieve to the turkey — the first such Presidential pardon. The story may be apocryphal, but it’s a piece of presidential lore nonetheless.

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Abraham Lincoln — Honest Abe proclaimed the first Thanksgiving Day in 1863. The First Family received a live turkey for the occasion, but young Tad Lincoln grew fond of him, calling him Jack and making him a pet. So the president issued a written reprieve to the turkey — the first such Presidential pardon. The story may be apocryphal, but it’s a piece of presidential lore nonetheless.